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    4/25/2017 Humanexposuretothejetfuel,JP8.

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    AviatSpaceEnvironMed.2004Jan75(1):4959.

    Humanexposuretothejetfuel,JP8.
    TuRH1,MitchellCS,KayGG,RisbyTH.

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    Abstract
    INTRODUCTION: Thisstudyinvestigatesanecdotalreportsthathavesuggestedadversehealth
    effectsassociatedwithacuteorchronicexposuretojetfuel.
    METHODS: JP8exposureduringthecourseofthestudydaywasestimatedusingbreathanalysis.
    Healtheffectsassociatedwithexposureweremeasuredusinganeurocognitivetestingbatteryand
    liverandkidneyfunctiontests.
    RESULTS: Breathanalysisprovidedanestimateofanindividual'srecentJP8exposurethathad
    occurredviainhalationanddermalroutes.Allindividualsstudiedonbaseexhaledaromaticand
    aliphatichydrocarbonsthatarefoundinJP8.Thesubjectwhoshowedevidenceofthemost
    exposuretoJP8hadabreathconcentrationof11.5mgxm(3)fortotalJP8.Thisbreath
    concentrationsuggestedthatexposuretoJP8atanAirGuardBaseismuchlessthanexposure
    observedatotherAirForceBases.ThisreductioninexposuretoJP8isattributedtothesafety
    practicesandstandardoperatingprocedurescarriedoutbybasepersonnel.Thebasepersonnel
    whoexhibitedthehighestexposurestoJP8werefuelcellworkers,fuelspecialistsandsmokers,
    whosmokeddownwindfromtheflightline.
    DISCUSSION: Althoughstudydayexposuresappeartobemuchlessthancurrentguidelines,chronic
    exposureattheselowlevelsappearedtoaffectneurocognitivefunctioning.JP8exposedindividuals
    performedsignificantlypoorerthanasampleofnonexposedageandeducationmatched
    individualson20of47measuresofinformationprocessingandothercognitivefunctions.

    PMID:14736133
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